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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Guardian: what happens to Americans who film police violence?
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For many who capture horrific acts of violence, returning to a normal life becomes impossible. They complain of harassment by police, of threats against their life and of recurring trauma as a result of the death and brutality they have witnessed.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/15/filming-police-violence-walter-scott-michael-brown-shooting
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?
We need to answer this question. As the world of majority report becomes reality, as the police become the brutal arm of a new technology enabled panopticon* state, this is perhaps one of the most important question our society needs to address.
* The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. The name is also a reference to Panoptes from Greek mythology; he was a giant with a hundred eyes and thus was known to be a very effective watchman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Try to be inconspicuous while filming cops breaking the law, but get good, clear shots.
Upload your strip to a public site like YouTube immediately.
Then, if they attack you, give them your tape or memory card with a smile and an apology, and walk away.